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On Saturday, Sept. 13, the Faith Community Hunger Solutions Action Team, which is a part of the Dallas Coalition for Hunger Solutions, will demonstrate the effectiveness of the Family Garden Initiative approach to helping food-insecure families engage in vegetable gardening in North Texas, by partnering with East Dallas organizations.
Gardens kits distributed to families will include 8 GardenSoxx, which are compost-filled mesh tubes that together make a 4’ by 4’ garden. Holes are cut into the fabric to plant seeds. Each garden kit also includes a watering can, care guide, recipe guide and seeds.
The Family Garden Demonstration Project will distribute 148 garden kits to low-income families in Dallas. Volunteers will distribute the gardens and show families how to plant and care for the GardenSoxx gardens.
In all, nine congregations and faith-based organizations in Dallas will participate in the Family Garden Demonstration Project with the goal of empowering families to increase their food security and nutrition by growing and eating fresh vegetables, including several organizations in or around East Dallas. The Dallas Baptist Association, the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas and the Texas Hunger Initiative Dallas Regional Office are the lead agencies coordinating the Demonstration Project, in partnership with the Family Garden Initiative.
Participating organizations in or around White Rock and Lake Highlands include City Church International in Deep Ellum, Feed Lake Highlands, Northlake Baptist Church (Garland), Presbyterian Children’s Home in East Dallas, Sharing Life Community Outreach in Far East Dallas, Temple Emanu-El across Central in Hillcrest Memorial Park.
